Lorraine D. Williams, R.N., Ph.D., A.P.N., B.C.
Associate Professor, and Director, Project
GAIN
School of Nursing
Alumni Hall, Room 2336
Telephone: (618) 650–3924
Email: lwillia@siue.edu
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Educational Administration and Higher Education, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, 1989
M. S. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Southern Illinois University,
1991
M. S. Education, Southern Illinois University, 1973
B. S. Nursing, Southern Illinois University, 1968
CNS (Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist) Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Commission on Certification,
1998-2002.
Honors & Awards:
Kappa Delta Pi; Phi Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Paul Robeson Society for Academic Achievement; Recipient of Notable Americans Award – 1978-2000; Who’s Who in American Education – 1989-2000; Sigma Theta Tau; International Honor Society in Nursing 1991 – 2000; Honorary Navy Recruiter, 1995; Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award, 1994; Martin Luther King Drum Major Award in Education, 1997; Honorable Mention Advisor of the Year Award for services to students, 1998.
Psychiatric Nursing Background:
I have taught or practiced psychiatric nursing for 20 years. I have served in various areas as Supervisor, Unit Nursing Director and Psychiatric Nurse Clinician for State of Missouri; Psychiatric Nurse Clinician for the Eastern Region of the Dual Diagnosis Team for the State of Missouri and Chairman of the Utilization Committee at St. Louis State Hospital. Presently, I teach Psychiatric Nursing at both the undergraduate and the graduate level.
Other Experiences in Nursing include:
· Instructor of Nursing, Tarkio College.
· Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services, Central
Medical Center Hospital.
· Coordinator, Senior Level St Louis Municipal School of Nursing.
· Instructor: (Critical Care: cardiovascular and neurological).
Emergency Nursing and Nursing Management, St Louis
Municipal School of Nursing.
· Supervisor of Medical Surgical Nursing Unit, Bethesda General
Hospital.
· House Supervisor, Bethesda General Hospital.
· Staff Nurse at various other Health Care Facilities in the
Greater Metropolitan Area: I served my time in this capacity!
Research and Scholarly Activities
Publications
Williams, L.D. 1997. Pre-College Health Career Club and Summer Nurse Camp of Southern Illinois University, School of Nursing Special Project GAIN (Get Ahead in Nursing). In V.Melnyk (Ed.), What Can I do Now? Chicago, IL Ferguson Publication Co.
Williams, L.D. 1996. Project GAIN (Get Ahead in Nursing) In J.Q Adams and J.R Welsh (EDS.), Multicultural Prism: Voices From The Field. (Vol.2.), p.195-215.Macomb, IL Western Illinois University Press.
Boyd, M. A., Williams, L. D., Eckert, A., Beaman, M., Carr, T. (1992). Target weight procedure for disordered water balance in long term care facilities. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 30(12), 22-27.
Williams, L. D. (1992). Helping inner city students get started in nursing. Illinois Spectrum, 5(23), 17.
Williams, L. D. (1989). The effectiveness
of a structured continuing professional education program for psychiatric
nurses. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI.
Grant Activities 1992 to 2000:
1992 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, HECA, Fiscal Year 1993 Grant, $62,000.00.
1992 Project
Director, St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department: Proposal
funded for 17,800.00,
Summer Nurse Camp Student Program.
1992 Project
Director, Madison County Intergovernmental Grants Department: Proposal
funded for $8,000.00,
Summer Nurse Camp Student Program.
1993 Empowerment
of the Nursing Student for prevention of alcohol and drug usage as a coping
mechanism. A
project funded by Kimmel Leadership Center, $600.
1993 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, HECA, Fiscal Year, 1994, $62,000.00.
1993 Project
Director, St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department: Proposal
funded for $9,537.00,
Summer Nurse Camp Program.
1993 Project
Director, Madison County Intergovernmental Grants Department: Proposal
funded, $7,803.00,
Summer Nurse Camp Program.
1994 Project
GAIN workshop, Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant (With Mary de
Menesses and
Carol McDonald), approved and funded for $4,127.60.
1994 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, HECA, Fiscal Year 1995 Grant, $75,000.00.
1995 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, HECA, Fiscal Year 1996 Grant $95,000.00.
1995 Diversity
Workshop: " World of Difference", Excellence in Undergraduate Education
Grants Committee
(with committee members), approved and funded in 1995 for $9,270.00.
1995 Project
Director, Madison County Intergovernmental Grants Department: Proposal
funded, $7,627.00 for
Summer Nurse Camp Program.
1996 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, HECA, Fiscal year 1997, Grant Award, $95,000.00.
1997 Project
Consultant, ESL Tech Prep Summer Academic/ Social Support Program for E.
St. Louis disadvantaged
students. Served as Chair of Grant Committee. Grant funded, $50,000.00
by E. St. Louis Enterprise Community
Vision, 20/20.
1997 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education (HECA), Fiscal Year 1998, Grant $95,000.00.
1998 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education (HECA), Fiscal Year 1999,Grant $125,000.00.
1999 Project Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education (HECA), Fiscal Year 2000, Grant $110,000.00.
2000 Williams,
L. D (Lashley, F., deMenesses, M., Sykes, R., Fonza, M.). Excellence in
Undergraduate Education
(EUE), Strategies for Improving Student Persistence In Nursing. A Forum
of Discourse, Fiscal Year 2001, Grant
$8,700.00.
2000 Project Director,
Illinois Board of Higher Education (HECA), Fiscal Year 2001, Grant $100,000.00.